Early Music Now is a one-hour program showcasing music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and early Baroque: from sonorous medieval chant and polyphony to delightful Renaissance madrigals, dances, and consort music, to magnificent Baroque cantatas and keyboard music. Host Sara Schneider brings knowledge, charm and passion to her presentation of seven hundred years of music history. From the latest recordings by today's vibrant young ensembles, to classics from the dawn of the early music revival, Early Music Now makes this repertoire accessible and enjoyable to a wide audience.
Music for Candlemas: This week's show presents music for Candlemas, also called the Feast of the Presentation. We'll hear works based on the Marian chant Inviolata, integra, et casta es, by Costanzo Festa and Noel Bauldeweyn, plus a German setting of the Song of Simeon by Christoph Bernhard. Our performers include Beauty Farm, Cappella Pratensis and Bremer Barock Consort.
An Instrumental Tapestry: The centerpiece of this week's show is a recent release from Rolf Lislevand with works for archlute and chitarrone by Johann Hieronymous Kapsberger, Giovanni Paolo Foscarini, Bernardo Gianoncelli and Diego Ortiz.
Cupid, the slyest rogue alive: On today's program we'll hear host Sara Schneider's favorite music on the theme of love. We'll hear songs by Henry Purcell, Ludwig Senfl, and Cipriano de Rore, a text from the Song of Solomon set by Dieterich Buxtehude, and music by composers whose romantic escapades made it into the history books!
Happy Birthday Sigiswald Kuijken! Belgian musician, Sigiswald Kuijken was part of the rediscovery of early music in the 20th century, as were his brothers Barthold and Wieland, and Gustav Leonhardt. We'll sample his many recordings and hear segments of a recent interview.